Chapter 9: The Phantom of the Picture
The Academy of Avos is located in the middle of the city of Evos, and even the Consul Hall has made way for it to occupy this prime spot.
The whole college is about the size of a small town, and there are three main architectural styles.
The most central circle is mainly composed of wooden houses, which basically belong to the exclusive residence and research site of the great guide, which is quite aristocratic, retro and gorgeous.
The second circle is mainly built of bluestone bricks, which belongs to the style that has been inherited at the beginning and has been continuously restored, which is rigorous and rigid.
The outermost circle, which has been expanded in the last 100 years, is not only unique in style, but also uses space in the form of a castle cluster, and the vegetation echoes the architecture from afar, which is very decent, and is now the main teaching area of the Evos Academy.
The building material is yellow stone, which is a special product obtained by steam forging ore, which is very tough after stirring and solidifying with water, warm in winter and cool in summer, sound insulation and fire prevention.
The royal family of the Kaia Empire wanted to buy it, but the Avos Academy refused on the grounds that it could not be mass-produced and the technology must not be leaked, and there was no second place for such a willful attitude except here.
It was already dark, and after dinner, the three of them came to the No. 3 teaching building, which is a relatively inward location, next to the bluestone brick building complex.
"I've heard that the twelve presidents of the Gewu Society are shareholders of the Evos Academy. ”
"I don't know about the shareholders, but it's true that there are three presidents who are honorary presidents here. Ferrante continued.
At night, the school building closes around 9 o'clock, and students are not allowed to enter except for the dormitories, except for the permission of the teachers.
I heard that this rule was only promulgated more than ten years ago, when some students tried to prove that they were worthy of the best college, so much so that they learned to go crazy and finally committed suicide by jumping off a building.
Later, after high-level research by the college, a series of coercive measures were formulated to extend the graduation time, relax the teaching environment, but improve the graduation conditions, so as to ensure the mental health of students and the quality of teaching.
The three of them circled the hallways and stairs until they met fewer and fewer people, and Sost pulled out his pocket watch and shook it.
"At 8:57, there will be three minutes before the teacher closes the door and extinguishes the candles, what are we going to do?"
"Hide in the toilet, there are no candles in the toilet. Cassia blurted out again, very naturally.
"Great idea!" Ferrante continued.
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"I swear, the dead in the tomb don't smell like this, the best college in the whole north and south of the continent, the toilet is this kind of environment? ”
"A duke's family will have at least double-digit servants, this is the academy, and it will be a moment. ”
In the single room of the toilet, three people are crowded together, indeed, as a smart city, it is no longer a problem for Evos to reach home, but the idea of a flush toilet is still at the bottom of a mountain of documents piled up by a great guide, and there is no time to deal with it.
Time passed little by little, and there were several footsteps and conversations outside the toilet door, and the three of them covered their noses until ten o'clock, and then carefully pushed open the door and looked.
"I suddenly felt that the usefulness of magic was important. Cassia said endlessly, "If Sost's lighting magic lasts a little longer, we won't have to touch the dark." ”
The three of them bent down and walked towards the classroom little by little, but fortunately, although the college closed the teaching building, it was not in the habit of locking the door in the classroom.
Sitting in the empty classroom, the moonlight outside the window sprinkled on the ground, and the three of them stared at their pocket watches silently.
They overlooked one important thing, and that was that tonight was boring......
"Maybe we should find something to do. ”
"Sost, you're a grave robber, but I don't think you can dig up anything on the third floor. ”
"Cassia, I think your words have violated my personality. ”
"You ...... Can you climb walls?" Ferrante said suddenly.
"Heh, it's as if you're saying that Cassia won't eat. ”
"I just came out of the toilet, and when I passed by the corner, I took a closer look, and the No. 3 teaching building was next to the big library, and I climbed through the corner window and went around to the other side, maybe I could go directly to the third floor of the big library. ”
"Ferrante, I think you're a good grave robber. ”
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At night, eleven thirty o'clock
"Cassia, can you not pull my legs?"
"Ferrante is also pulling my legs, you are so hard!"
Sost climbed to the front, holding the crack in the wall with both hands, thanks to the fact that he often went to people's ancestral graves, this operation was still easy to capture, except for the two oil bottles that followed.
"Slow down, I'm pushing open the window, come up!"
After almost an hour of struggle, the three of them finally entered the third floor of the large library of Evos College.
According to word of mouth, the Great Library of Evos has the most complete collection of books in the world and is known as a treasure trove of civilizations for all ethnic groups.
This name is indeed well deserved, but in fact, in the large library with a total of seven floors, the real unique books and precious books only exist on the top two floors, and they are not open to students.
Standing by the window, the three of them looked up at the four or five meter-high bookshelves and the vast collection of books, and swallowed their saliva one after another, this is just one layer!
Then the three of them straightened their minds and walked to the higher floors, according to the habit of the academy, the older the books, the more they would be placed on the upper floors.
It wasn't until the three of them reached the fifth floor, and the door at the end of the hall was firmly locked, that they stopped.
"Look around, if there is any record of the ancient beast script. ”
Sost and Ferrante left where they were, but Cassia stayed because his headache had come again, but this time he didn't bother to remember it.
Time passed, and Cassia tried his best to calm his mind, trying to make the pain lessen a little, so that the whole person leaned against the door to the sixth floor.
Bang!squeak~
The eerie grinding sound echoed throughout the floor, and Cassia fell backwards, while Ferrante and Sost broke out in a cold sweat.
The two hurried to the gate and stared at Cassia who didn't know what was happening.
"Don't look at me, I'll open as soon as I lean on. ”
"What are you doing, get on!" Sost took the lead and walked towards the sixth floor.
Pushing open the door of the sixth floor, a cold wind blows in the face, which is obviously cooler than the fifth floor.
No, it's not just cool, it's cold for summer.
And the walls of the entire sixth floor were hung with tapestries, blocking most of the moonlight outside the window, making the three of them unconsciously have a creepy feeling.
The tall shelves are filled with yellowed books, some of which are even cobwebbed, so it is clear that people do not come often.
"Ahem...... I've heard there's something bad in there......" Ferrante began.
The three of them walked forward in the faint moonlight, looking around.
"Almost every academy has such a legend, if you haven't seen the real world, you shouldn't be so scared, don't worry, I still have a bottle of holy water. Thorst said without looking back.
The floor was quiet, only the footsteps and breathing of the three people, until they came to the end, and met the door to the seventh floor, Cassia tried, and this time it was closed very firmly.
"Wait......" Ferrante suddenly said, "Sost, what are you filming me for?"
"Ferrante, I'm standing in front of you, the joke isn't funny. ”
Grunt~
Ferrante turned slowly, but all she could see was the empty walkway and the shadowy moonlight.
"I think we're still ......"
Bang!
Before Ferrante could finish his sentence, a large book on the left shelf fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust, and even Thorst was startled.
"Don't be afraid, I have holy water!"
"No, I think I saw something drifting by. ”
"Cassia, don't be intimidating at this time. ”
"I ...... I'm serious, she's coming!"
A cold wind suddenly blew on the entire sixth floor, and the other two turned their heads in shock, only to see that in the faint moonlight, a transparent figure floated towards the three of them.
The half-magician Sost subconsciously spilled the holy water, but the holy water prayed by the bishop of the Church of Light himself spilled all over the ground without causing any damage to the figure.
"Thorst! what are you doing!" Ferrante couldn't help but shout, and he thought of the dead half-blood girl, the corpse that would struggle and beat.
"You ...... Need help? What are you looking for?"
A light voice sounded, and the three of them slowly opened their eyes, only to see a tiger girl about sixteen or seventeen years old, floating in front of them in the form of a transparent soul.
The moonlight left a patch of cyan through her figure, and the harmless expression of humans and animals made Sost stunned for a moment.
Ferrante swallowed and looked down at the tigergirl's feet, where a broken book held her up.
"You...... Are you?" asked Cassia at the end.
The tiger girl spun in a circle in the air, and her big eyes blinked:
"It's been several years, and someone finally came up, hello~ My name is Yafanka. ”